The American annual of photography . THE ANCIENT HABITAT, ROUEN, L. A. DYAR. 221. A PRACTICAL FIXING TANK By JOHN BOYD ANK development has become so popular thatnearly all professionals and amateurs use it, ifthey would produce uniformly good work. With films the work can be done entirelywithout a dark-room, and all without any fuss,until one comes to fixing the image. It is then that we eitheruse a long tray full of the hypo solution, or else seesaw thefilm through an ordinary tray until the fixation is complete,running in either case all the dangers of scratching that can-not be separated fr
The American annual of photography . THE ANCIENT HABITAT, ROUEN, L. A. DYAR. 221. A PRACTICAL FIXING TANK By JOHN BOYD ANK development has become so popular thatnearly all professionals and amateurs use it, ifthey would produce uniformly good work. With films the work can be done entirelywithout a dark-room, and all without any fuss,until one comes to fixing the image. It is then that we eitheruse a long tray full of the hypo solution, or else seesaw thefilm through an ordinary tray until the fixation is complete,running in either case all the dangers of scratching that can-not be separated from either operation. To get away from this, I went some years ago to wherethey manufacture tile and sewer pipe, and had them fashionout a square tile, with good thick bottom, then glaze and bakeit, the same as a sewer pipe. It cost me 80 cents. As I use 6 exposure films 2}^ by 4^ almost exclusively, Ihad the fixing tank made for that size. It is 23 inches high,and 4 by 5 inches inside. It will take four films at one time,and leave ample room between each. It holds 225 ounces o
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